org.pentaho.chart
Class ChartFactory

java.lang.Object
  org.pentaho.chart.ChartFactory

public class ChartFactory
extends Object

API for generating charts

Author:

David Kincade

Method Summary

static ChartDocumentContext	generateChart(ChartDocument chart, ChartTableModel tableModel)
static ChartDocumentContext	generateChart(URL chartURL) Creates a chart based on the chart definition TODO: document / complete
static ChartDocumentContext	generateChart(URL chartURL, ChartTableModel tableModel) Creats a chart based on the chart definition and the table model TODO: document / complete
static ChartDocument	getChartDocument(URL chartURL)
static ChartDocument	getChartDocument(URL chartURL, boolean cascadeStyles)
static IChartPlugin	getPlugin(String pluginId)
static void	loadDefaultChartPlugins(List<IChartPlugin> plugins) This method is called from a platform system listener on startup, to initialize the available plugins from the chartbeans configuration file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getPlugin

public static IChartPlugin getPlugin(String pluginId)

loadDefaultChartPlugins

public static void loadDefaultChartPlugins(List<IChartPlugin> plugins)

This method is called from a platform system listener on startup, to initialize the available plugins from the chartbeans configuration file.

generateChart

public static ChartDocumentContext generateChart(URL chartURL)
                                          throws org.pentaho.reporting.libraries.resourceloader.ResourceException

Creates a chart based on the chart definition TODO: document / complete

Parameters:

chartURL - the URL of the chart definition

Throws:

org.pentaho.reporting.libraries.resourceloader.ResourceException - indicates an error loading the chart resources

InvalidChartDefinition - indicates an error with chart definition

getChartDocument

public static ChartDocument getChartDocument(URL chartURL)
                                      throws org.pentaho.reporting.libraries.resourceloader.ResourceException

Throws:

org.pentaho.reporting.libraries.resourceloader.ResourceException

getChartDocument

public static ChartDocument getChartDocument(URL chartURL,
                                             boolean cascadeStyles)
                                      throws org.pentaho.reporting.libraries.resourceloader.ResourceException

Throws:

org.pentaho.reporting.libraries.resourceloader.ResourceException

generateChart

public static ChartDocumentContext generateChart(URL chartURL,
                                                 ChartTableModel tableModel)
                                          throws org.pentaho.reporting.libraries.resourceloader.ResourceException

Creats a chart based on the chart definition and the table model TODO: document / complete

Parameters:

chartURL - the URL of the chart definition

tableModel - the chart table model for this chart

Throws:

org.pentaho.reporting.libraries.resourceloader.ResourceException - indicates an error loading the chart resources

InvalidChartDefinition - indicates an error with chart definition

generateChart

public static ChartDocumentContext generateChart(ChartDocument chart,
                                                 ChartTableModel tableModel)
                                          throws org.pentaho.reporting.libraries.resourceloader.ResourceException

Throws:

org.pentaho.reporting.libraries.resourceloader.ResourceException